Do you advance the time on your cell phone so you won't be late?

Hii, Yeahh I use that “method” and it works kinda greatly for me !! But I also use it with adhd Numo/ a timer because it helps seeing the real time passing !!

i use multiple alerts instead

Be still rushing around at the last minute, but yah be on time .As long as your brain doesnt remind you youve got more time and you end up late anyway. Like ohh thats ok ive got another 5 mins ..time to....etc. Just saying?

That would not work for me, I have a strict schedule to be able to make the school bus on time 😭

Everything you use, your brain get used to. It's one of those things, it helps as long, as a new sound of a reminder, so: a few days perhaps.

I have tried this and if I set my clock five minutes fast, I always say, “Well, I have five more minutes.” So there is no point. I just make sure to leave way ahead of my scheduled time. The only exception is the morning alarm clock, when I am too blurry eyed to think the time may be wrong. 😂

I honestly haven’t tried it but I feel that because I would know, then it wouldn’t work haha. In my experience, I rarely feel like I struggle with being on time, although the one thing I struggle with is being able to focus on anything else knowing I have an appointment later. 🫠 I’d be checking the time every 5 mins. One thing I often do is use Google Maps to see how long it will take me to get there but I try to add the actual time of the appointment because of traffic hours. Then to whatever that time is I add 15 mins to get ready to leave and I set a reminder for that time.

The time on my phone was 20mins fast, which worked well for getting to places on time, but a client of mine complained as the timestamp on my emails I sent was also 20mins ahead…. something to bear in mind..

When I have an appointment or need to do something, I fill my phone with alarms for everything. That way, if everything has an alarm, I won't forget because it comes with a notification, it triggers me, and I remember to do what i need.

I’ve set my clocks 10->15->20 minutes fast (all the same time advanced at once, not 10 minutes on one clock, 20 minutes on another clock, etc.), and my brain knew what was up and I couldn’t fool it. It made me actually worse at leaving on time.

Yeah, I did that in college. I set the time on my phone forward 3 minutes, and it worked really well for me.

I think I would always ask myself : « Is it the real hour, or did I use « the trick » - so it means I still have 15 mn before going ? » What I use is the « transportation duration » (sorry if doesn’t mean anything, in French it’s « temps de trajet ») : and I take care to note a sufficient time on my calendar.